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Obama, Romney campaign with an eye on weather forecast as storm charges toward battlegrounds

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- With neither side wanting to risk the appearance of putting politics ahead of public safety, the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns are adjusting travel schedules and canceling events as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast and some battleground states.
   Vice President Joe Biden canceled a rally today in coastal Virginia Beach, Va., and Mitt Romney did the same with an event that had been set for tomorrow.
   Today, the Republican presidential candidate is in Florida. In an email to supporters, Romney says his campaign is "defying odds and holding strong." He also urged backers to contribute more money to help Republicans keep up the fight.
   President Barack Obama is heading to New Hampshire, while his campaign presses forward with a get-out-the-vote effort that aides say has them leading or tied in every competitive state.
   With the Nov. 6 election 10 days away, polls suggest Obama and Romney are tied nationally. But the president still appears to have more ways to reach the required 270 electoral votes.Obama, Romney campaign with an eye on weather forecast as storm charges toward battlegrounds

Posted: Saturday, October 27 2012, 01:32 PM CDT

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Okla. court upholds life sentence in uncle's death
May 17, 2013 21:34 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life prison sentence of a 38-year-old man who was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting his uncle to death.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals handed down the decision Friday in the case of Patrick Shane Yargee. A jury in Tulsa County found Yargee guilty in the 2010 shooting death of 48-year-old David Willie Harjo.

Authorities alleged that Yargee shot Harjo eight times in a residence in northern Tulsa. Reports filed in the case indicate that the two men had an argument involving a woman before the shooting.

The five-judge court unanimously rejected Yargee's claims that he was denied a fair trial.

Yargee's defense attorney, Stuart Southerland of the Tulsa County Public Defender's Office, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

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